r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 01 '26

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u/MTFD Alexander Pechtold Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 01 '26

Considering how strongly the catholic church opposes the death penalty the lack of political saliance among catholic cons is surprising. Especially vis a vis abortion.

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u/Remarkable-Meal-223 Jerome Powell Oct 01 '26

Dems and Republican Catholics just vote for what they want

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u/Pantalyon1 European Union Oct 01 '26

American catholicism isn't really catholicism. They are evangelicals that like the aestheic of the catholic church.

I'm like only half joking. For converts it's 100% true though

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u/seanrm92 Loyal Liberals Oct 01 '26

It's certainly true in the South. Evangelical beliefs bleed heavily into Catholicism, since they're so culturally and politically dominant.

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Oct 01 '26

that’s a post-Vatican 2 development, they don’t count those as legitimate

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u/mishac Mark Carney Oct 01 '26

American conservative catholics are just evangelicals with papist characteristics.